Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — Palace Where Wagner Died. [ARTICLE]

Palace Where Wagner Died.

Apropos of the return from her chateau in Styria of the Duchesse della Grazia to her palace In Venice, a Paris contemporary gives an interesting account of Vendramin, which is not only one of the moßt beautiful residences on the canal, but it is closely associated with the history of the city of the doges. It was built In 1441. German princes occupied it at first Then it passed into the possession qf the duke of Mantua, who purchased it for 60,000 ducats of gold. It was the soene of great social events under the Archduke Charles Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Anne de Medicis, in 1652, and through 9 them the palace has come into the possession of the present owners through marriage. It was here that Richard Wagner died In 1888. The desk at which he wrote “Tristan und Isolde” is carefully preserved. Some years ago a plaque was affixed to the palace showing Its connection with the great composer.